Jeremiah 29:23

“because they have done an outrage in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken a word in my name, falsehood, which I did not command them; and I am the one who knows, and a witness, declares YHWH.””

Jeremiah 29:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 29:23, word by word

they have doneעָשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asu” appears
an outrageנְבָלָהnevala

outrage, folly

Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.

Where else “nevala” appears
in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears
and they have committed adulteryיְנַאֲפוּyenaafu

commit adultery

To sleep with another's spouse.

Where else “yenaafu” appears
with the wivesנְשֵׁיneshe

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “neshe” appears
of their neighborsרֵעֵיree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

Where else “ree” appears
and they have spokenיְדַבְּרוּyedabru

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “yedabru” appears
a wordדָבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
in my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shemi” appears
falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker

lie

What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.

Where else “sheker” appears
command themצִוִּיתִtsiviti

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “tsiviti” appears
am the one who knowsיּוֹדֵעַyodea

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yodea” appears
and a witnessעֵדed

witness

Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.

Where else “ed” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

The context

22And from them a curse will be taken up by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘May YHWH make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,’

23 · This verse (above)

24And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying:

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